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Kids are still unsafe and our freedom is still under threat

12 Nov 05:40am

Filed under: Censorship, Freedom Of Speech, Internet, Internet Filter, World Wide Web

The cyber world celebrated last week following the Labor Government’s supposed ‘back-down’ on its mandatory internet filter proposal. Instead of imposing its own ‘clean feed’, the Government has begun issuing notices to require ISPs to filter a more limited Interpol ‘worst of the worst’ list. However, this change leaves a lot to be worried about.

She won't be any saferPic: Daily Telegraph

We should be worried that the Government is using an obscure section of the Telecommunications Act - originally passed by parliament in 1997, ten years before Labor first took the policy to an election - to avoid legislative scrutiny.

We should be worried that the Government is still forcing ISPs to block a list of web address, with the major change pertaining to who writes the list.

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Utopia Boy says:

06:51pm | 12/11/12

“Parents’ closely monitoring their children’s activity remains the only effective way to ensure kids are protected online.” That’s all that’s needed to be said about children. The quality of the parents then becomes a key issue, and about time. As for the P2P and dodging the filter, as described in… Read more »
Daemon says:

05:53pm | 12/11/12

@PH Already happening in fact, as we are fast running out of IPV 4 addresses. As an IT person I am looking forward to it, and the issue of an IP address for every square inch of the Earth’s surface just makes it more interesting. There is a school of… Read more »

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